Carpet beater



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H. O. BOOTS GARPET BEATER Filed July 24.119,22

Patented June i7, i924,

HARRY O. BOOTS, 01E' PANORA, IOWA.

CARPET Application led July 24,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY O. Boers, a citizen of the United States,residing at Panora, in the county of Guthrie, State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet Beaters; and dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in carpet beaters andparticularly to manually operated carpet beaters.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel and "simpledevice of this character by means of which the operator can attach thesame to his foot and quickly and easily move the device from place toplace on the carpets or rugs being beaten,

Another object is to provide a device of this character wherein theoperator can stand in an upright position and beat the carpet or rugthus obviating the usual strain of the back incident to the stoopingover while wielding the beater.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a carpet beater made inaccordance with my invention.` the beater members being down.

'Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the device showing the position of theparts when the beater member is raised.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4--4 of Figure2.

Figure 5 shows detail of beater fastening to the foot board. e

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing 10 represents awooden or other block on which the operator is to place his foot.Carried by the block is a strap which the operator secures over his footto hold the block attached thereto so that the block can be lifted withthe foot, the strap being shown at 11.

The forward end of the block is rounded. as at 12, and carried by thisportion of the block are the bearing members 13, which support atransverse shaft, 14, and which pivots on bolt 2O as shown in Figure 5.Con

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nected to this shaft, and arranged to rock therewith, is a forwardlyextending stern 15, on the outer end of which is mounted the wire frame16 of the beater. `Pivotally connected to the stem at a pointintermediate the center and the Apoint of the wire frame 16. is avertical operating rod 17, said pivot being shown at 18.V Said operatingrod is fitted with a handle as Shown at 21.

The portion of the stem is offset downwardly so that the wire frame ofthe beater will engage with the carpet surface in the same-plane as theblock, this offset portion being` shown at 19 in'Figures 1 and 3 of thedrawing.

It will thus be seen th at when the operator places his foot on theblock and properly attaches the same to the foot by the strap, and thenplaces the block on the carpet or rug, it is only necessary to lift upon .the rod 17 and then push down again with a sudden movement, therebycausing the wire frame to strike the carpet or rug` and beat out thedust and dirt. Owing to the pivotal connection on the foot block, aconsiderable portion ofthe carpet or rug may be beaten without movingthe foot. When necessary to move the operator simply moves or lifts hisfoot and steps with the block to another part of the carpet and repeatsthe up and down movement ofthe rod.

It will be readily understood thatvals the operator liftsrhis foot, whenmoving the beater from place to place on the carpet, the tendency willbe to lift up on the operating rod, thereby lifting the beater framefrom the carpet and greatly facilitating the said movement of thedevice.

Attention is called to the fact that the de'- vice is of extremelysimple construction and is formed from a small number of parts. It willalso be noted that the carpet can be efectively beaten without the usualstrain on the back of the operator incident to stooping over. The easeand simplicity of operating this device makes it possible `for theoperator to clean the carpet more thor oughly and quickly than with acommon hand beater.

What is claimed is:

A carpet beater including a foot block, a strap secured to said footblock for per mitting the foot of an operator to be received therein andrest upon said foot block. a pair of upright spaced bearing members onseid foot member arranged forwardly of Said sbr-Tap,A seemfeeevedbetween and( pir-- otelly connected,` tov Said bearing members,

'said stem being provided with en oser por- 5 tion, e beater frame ofSubstantially large aree being carried by tbe free outer end of saidstem and a hand operating rod'extend ing forwardly from said stemendpvotally `connected thereto for permtting't'he hand 10 operating rQd tobe engaged for imparting HARRY 0. BOTS. Witnesses z v A W'. E. YATES,GEO. GIBSON.

